Lampard lauds 'brilliant' Sky Blues

Frank Lampard's side are five points clear at the top of the Championship

Boss Frank Lampard said Coventry City were "brilliant" in their dramatic 1-0 victory over Stoke City, thanks to Ephron Mason-Clark's late winner.

Lampard told BBC Coventry & Warwickshire: "It's a great feeling to win like that because it's a tough fixture.

"The work of the players and togetherness and the tactical approach was amazing, particularly off the ball. We thoroughly deserved it against a very good team.

"We dealt with the game brilliantly from start to finish.

"Ephron has a big bang on his face. It was an outstanding goal for the skill level of it. Not every player can do that. He was really good today. He came up against a really good opponent but Ephron kept going at him.

"They try to play. We pressed and we stopped them getting any form of control. The threat of their wingers is always there but our full-backs were amazing but it's hard to single our players.

"We can't get overexcited we are winning a lot of games but we can't think we have cracked it."